# Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant

CAISO Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/donald-von-raesfeld-power-plant

Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant is a natural gas-fired power facility with 154 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Santa Clara County, California, registered as EIA Plant ID 56026. City of Santa Clara - (CA) is the registered plant entity or operator. The plant's generating configuration is 147-MW natural-gas-fired, wet-cooled combined-cycle facility with two General Electric LM-6000PC Sprint combustion turbine-generators and one condensing steam turbine generator and the CTGs use heat-recovery steam generators with duct burners. The facility interconnects at POD_DUANE_1_PL1X3-APND.
POD_DUANE_1_PL1X3-APND.

## Key facts

- Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Power capacity: 154 MW
- Operating status: operating

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: CAISO
- Balancing authority: CAISO (CISO)

## Source-backed facts

- Owner logo domain: siliconvalleypower.com — Electric Generation Locations · confidence: medium
- Owner logo domain: siliconvalleypower.com — Source · confidence: medium
- Identifiers: [{"value":"56026","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"16655","system":"EIA utility/entity ID"},{"value":"CTG1","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CTG2","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"STG","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"DVR1","system":"EIA unit code"},{"value":"CAISO","system":"ISO/RTO market"},{"value":"CISO","system":"EIA balancing authority code"},{"value":"DUANE_1_PL1X3","system":"CAISO resource ID"},{"value":"POD_DUANE_1_PL1X3-APND","system":"CAISO APNode"},{"value":"02-AFC-03","system":"CEC docket"},{"value":"02-AFC-03C","system":"CEC compliance docket"}] — Appendix A to California's Compliance Plan for the Federal Clean Power Plan: List of Affected EGUs · confidence: medium
- Identifiers: [{"value":"56026","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"16655","system":"EIA utility/entity ID"},{"value":"CTG1","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CTG2","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"STG","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"DVR1","system":"EIA unit code"},{"value":"CAISO","system":"ISO/RTO market"},{"value":"CISO","system":"EIA balancing authority code"},{"value":"DUANE_1_PL1X3","system":"CAISO resource ID"},{"value":"POD_DUANE_1_PL1X3-APND","system":"CAISO APNode"},{"value":"02-AFC-03","system":"CEC docket"},{"value":"02-AFC-03C","system":"CEC compliance docket"}] — Capacity Procurement Mechanism Designation on 5/23/19 · confidence: medium
- Identifiers: [{"value":"56026","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"16655","system":"EIA utility/entity ID"},{"value":"CTG1","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CTG2","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"STG","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"DVR1","system":"EIA unit code"},{"value":"CAISO","system":"ISO/RTO market"},{"value":"CISO","system":"EIA balancing authority code"},{"value":"DUANE_1_PL1X3","system":"CAISO resource ID"},{"value":"POD_DUANE_1_PL1X3-APND","system":"CAISO APNode"},{"value":"02-AFC-03","system":"CEC docket"},{"value":"02-AFC-03C","system":"CEC compliance docket"}] — db129_source_and_sink · confidence: medium
- Identifiers: [{"value":"56026","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"16655","system":"EIA utility/entity ID"},{"value":"CTG1","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CTG2","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"STG","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"DVR1","system":"EIA unit code"},{"value":"CAISO","system":"ISO/RTO market"},{"value":"CISO","system":"EIA balancing authority code"},{"value":"DUANE_1_PL1X3","system":"CAISO resource ID"},{"value":"POD_DUANE_1_PL1X3-APND","system":"CAISO APNode"},{"value":"02-AFC-03","system":"CEC docket"},{"value":"02-AFC-03C","system":"CEC compliance docket"}] — Donald Von Raesfeld Project | California Energy Commission · confidence: medium
- Identifiers: [{"value":"56026","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"16655","system":"EIA utility/entity ID"},{"value":"CTG1","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CTG2","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"STG","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"DVR1","system":"EIA unit code"},{"value":"CAISO","system":"ISO/RTO market"},{"value":"CISO","system":"EIA balancing authority code"},{"value":"DUANE_1_PL1X3","system":"CAISO resource ID"},{"value":"POD_DUANE_1_PL1X3-APND","system":"CAISO APNode"},{"value":"02-AFC-03","system":"CEC docket"},{"value":"02-AFC-03C","system":"CEC compliance docket"}] — California Energy Commission : Docket Log · confidence: medium
- Description: Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant is a natural gas-fired, combined-cycle generating facility in Santa Clara County, California. The California Energy Commission describes the project as a 147-megawatt, wet-cooled facility that began commercial operation on March 24, 2005. The facility includes two General Electric LM-6000PC Sprint combustion turbine-generators and a single condensing steam turbine generator, and supplies Silicon Valley Power’s native-load customers. — Donald Von Raesfeld Project | California Energy Commission · confidence: medium
- Parties: [{"relationship":"Owner / municipal electric utility","name":"City of Santa Clara, doing business as Silicon Valley Power","official_url":"https://www.siliconvalleypower.com/"},{"relationship":"Operator","name":"Silicon Valley Power","official_url":"https://www.siliconvalleypower.com/"},{"relationship":"Combustion-turbine OEM","name":"General Electric","official_url":"https://www.ge.com/"}] — DOCKETED · confidence: medium
- Parties: [{"relationship":"Owner / municipal electric utility","name":"City of Santa Clara, doing business as Silicon Valley Power","official_url":"https://www.siliconvalleypower.com/"},{"relationship":"Operator","name":"Silicon Valley Power","official_url":"https://www.siliconvalleypower.com/"},{"relationship":"Combustion-turbine OEM","name":"General Electric","official_url":"https://www.ge.com/"}] — Donald Von Raesfeld Project | California Energy Commission · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.2: {"value":"CTG1","system":"EIA generator ID"} — Appendix A to California's Compliance Plan for the Federal Clean Power Plan: List of Affected EGUs · confidence: high
- Identifiers.3: {"value":"CTG2","system":"EIA generator ID"} — Appendix A to California's Compliance Plan for the Federal Clean Power Plan: List of Affected EGUs · confidence: high
- Identifiers.4: {"value":"STG","system":"EIA generator ID"} — Appendix A to California's Compliance Plan for the Federal Clean Power Plan: List of Affected EGUs · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.8: {"value":"DUANE_1_PL1X3","system":"CAISO resource ID"} — Capacity Procurement Mechanism Designation on 5/23/19 · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.9: {"value":"POD_DUANE_1_PL1X3-APND","system":"CAISO APNode"} — db129_source_and_sink · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.10: {"value":"02-AFC-03","system":"CEC docket"} — Donald Von Raesfeld Project | California Energy Commission · confidence: high
- Identifiers.11: {"value":"02-AFC-03C","system":"CEC compliance docket"} — California Energy Commission : Docket Log · confidence: high
- Parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner / municipal electric utility","name":"City of Santa Clara, doing business as Silicon Valley Power","official_url":"https://www.siliconvalleypower.com/"} — DOCKETED · confidence: high
- Parties.1: {"relationship":"Operator","name":"Silicon Valley Power","official_url":"https://www.siliconvalleypower.com/"} — California Energy Commission : Docket Log · confidence: medium
- Parties.2: {"relationship":"Combustion-turbine OEM","name":"General Electric","official_url":"https://www.ge.com/"} — Donald Von Raesfeld Project | California Energy Commission · confidence: high
- Unit configuration: 147-MW natural-gas-fired, wet-cooled combined-cycle facility with two General Electric LM-6000PC Sprint combustion turbine-generators and one condensing steam turbine generator; the CTGs use heat-recovery steam generators with duct burners. — Source · confidence: high
- Unit count: 3 — Source · confidence: high
- Product url: https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/lm6000 — LM6000 Aeroderivative Gas Turbine | GE Vernova · confidence: medium
- Significance: The California Energy Commission identifies Donald Von Raesfeld as a 147 MW facility dedicated to Silicon Valley Power’s native-load customers, providing approximately 25% of SVP’s generation resources and helping replace an electricity-purchasing agreement that expired in 2005. — Donald Von Raesfeld Project | California Energy Commission · confidence: high
- Description: Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant is a 147 MW natural-gas-fired, wet-cooled combined-cycle facility in Santa Clara, California. The configuration includes two General Electric LM-6000PC Sprint combustion turbine-generators and one condensing steam turbine-generator. The City of Santa Clara, doing business as Silicon Valley Power, owns and operates the facility for its native-load customers. Originally developed as the Pico Power Project, it was renamed for former Santa Clara City Manager Donald Von Raesfeld and entered commercial operation in March 2005. — Donald Von Raesfeld Project | California Energy Commission · confidence: medium
- Description: Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant is a 147 MW natural-gas-fired, wet-cooled combined-cycle facility in Santa Clara, California. The configuration includes two General Electric LM-6000PC Sprint combustion turbine-generators and one condensing steam turbine-generator. The City of Santa Clara, doing business as Silicon Valley Power, owns and operates the facility for its native-load customers. Originally developed as the Pico Power Project, it was renamed for former Santa Clara City Manager Donald Von Raesfeld and entered commercial operation in March 2005. — Electric Generation Locations | Silicon Valley Power · confidence: medium
- Description: Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant is a 147 MW natural-gas-fired, wet-cooled combined-cycle facility in Santa Clara, California. The configuration includes two General Electric LM-6000PC Sprint combustion turbine-generators and one condensing steam turbine-generator. The City of Santa Clara, doing business as Silicon Valley Power, owns and operates the facility for its native-load customers. Originally developed as the Pico Power Project, it was renamed for former Santa Clara City Manager Donald Von Raesfeld and entered commercial operation in March 2005. — Silicon Valley Power Completes Construction of 147-Megawatt Power... · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The CEC reports 147 MW for the entire facility, while the EIA generator-level record reports 50 MW for CTG1; these are different reporting scopes and should not be treated as conflicting facility capacities.","The original CEC decision estimated capital cost at $155 million to $165 million, while contemporaneous reporting described $165 million as SVP’s total investment; these figures are project-cost or investment figures, not identified sale consideration.","The 2017-2019 turbine action concerned temporary use of an identical spare turbine during maintenance. The approval stated that no daily, quarterly, or annual emissions limit would increase, so it is better classified as a maintenance-related modification rather than an expansion or full repowering.","The reviewed project and compliance records identify the City of Santa Clara/Silicon Valley Power as owner and operator but do not disclose an acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transaction, transaction consideration, or transaction month and year."] — Donald Von Raesfeld Project | California Energy Commission · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The CEC reports 147 MW for the entire facility, while the EIA generator-level record reports 50 MW for CTG1; these are different reporting scopes and should not be treated as conflicting facility capacities.","The original CEC decision estimated capital cost at $155 million to $165 million, while contemporaneous reporting described $165 million as SVP’s total investment; these figures are project-cost or investment figures, not identified sale consideration.","The 2017-2019 turbine action concerned temporary use of an identical spare turbine during maintenance. The approval stated that no daily, quarterly, or annual emissions limit would increase, so it is better classified as a maintenance-related modification rather than an expansion or full repowering.","The reviewed project and compliance records identify the City of Santa Clara/Silicon Valley Power as owner and operator but do not disclose an acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transaction, transaction consideration, or transaction month and year."] — DOCKETED · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The CEC reports 147 MW for the entire facility, while the EIA generator-level record reports 50 MW for CTG1; these are different reporting scopes and should not be treated as conflicting facility capacities.","The original CEC decision estimated capital cost at $155 million to $165 million, while contemporaneous reporting described $165 million as SVP’s total investment; these figures are project-cost or investment figures, not identified sale consideration.","The 2017-2019 turbine action concerned temporary use of an identical spare turbine during maintenance. The approval stated that no daily, quarterly, or annual emissions limit would increase, so it is better classified as a maintenance-related modification rather than an expansion or full repowering.","The reviewed project and compliance records identify the City of Santa Clara/Silicon Valley Power as owner and operator but do not disclose an acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transaction, transaction consideration, or transaction month and year."] — Source · confidence: medium
- Financing summary: The CEC’s 2003 decision estimated the Pico Power Project’s capital cost at $155 million to $165 million, and contemporaneous reporting stated that SVP’s total investment was $165 million. The retrieved records do not identify a project-specific lender, debt or bond issuance, equity financing structure, acquisition price, sale consideration, or acquisition/sale transaction month and year; the reported amounts should therefore be treated as project cost or investment, not as transaction value. — Source · confidence: medium
- Financing summary: The CEC’s 2003 decision estimated the Pico Power Project’s capital cost at $155 million to $165 million, and contemporaneous reporting stated that SVP’s total investment was $165 million. The retrieved records do not identify a project-specific lender, debt or bond issuance, equity financing structure, acquisition price, sale consideration, or acquisition/sale transaction month and year; the reported amounts should therefore be treated as project cost or investment, not as transaction value. — - · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Application and regulatory review","date":"2002-10-07","detail":"The California Energy Commission docket records the Pico Power Project application proceeding for Silicon Valley Power and the City of Santa Clara."},{"event":"CEC certification","date":"2003-09-09","detail":"The CEC approved the application for certification and granted a certificate to construct and operate the Pico Power Project, later named Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant."},{"event":"Construction start","date":"2003-11","detail":"Contemporaneous project reporting states that construction began in November 2003."},{"event":"Construction completion","date":"2004-11","detail":"Contemporaneous project reporting states that construction was completed in November 2004."},{"event":"Commercial operation","date":"2005-03-24","detail":"The CEC records the start of commercial operation on March 24, 2005."},{"event":"Project renaming","date":"2005-01-28","detail":"A January 2005 construction-completion report states that the project, formally known as the Pico Power Project, was renamed to honor former Santa Clara City Manager Donald Von Raesfeld."},{"event":"Identical spare-turbine amendment","date":"2017-08-15","detail":"Silicon Valley Power petitioned the CEC to use an identical spare natural-gas combustion turbine while either existing turbine was undergoing maintenance."},{"event":"Staff approval of turbine modification","date":"2019-10","detail":"CEC staff approved the proposed change, describing the spare turbine as functionally identical and stating that no daily, quarterly, annual, or other emissions limit would increase."},{"event":"Ownership, sale, and retirement status","date":null,"detail":"They continue to identify the City of Santa Clara/Silicon Valley Power as the project owner/operator."}] — California Energy Commission : Docket Log · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Application and regulatory review","date":"2002-10-07","detail":"The California Energy Commission docket records the Pico Power Project application proceeding for Silicon Valley Power and the City of Santa Clara."},{"event":"CEC certification","date":"2003-09-09","detail":"The CEC approved the application for certification and granted a certificate to construct and operate the Pico Power Project, later named Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant."},{"event":"Construction start","date":"2003-11","detail":"Contemporaneous project reporting states that construction began in November 2003."},{"event":"Construction completion","date":"2004-11","detail":"Contemporaneous project reporting states that construction was completed in November 2004."},{"event":"Commercial operation","date":"2005-03-24","detail":"The CEC records the start of commercial operation on March 24, 2005."},{"event":"Project renaming","date":"2005-01-28","detail":"A January 2005 construction-completion report states that the project, formally known as the Pico Power Project, was renamed to honor former Santa Clara City Manager Donald Von Raesfeld."},{"event":"Identical spare-turbine amendment","date":"2017-08-15","detail":"Silicon Valley Power petitioned the CEC to use an identical spare natural-gas combustion turbine while either existing turbine was undergoing maintenance."},{"event":"Staff approval of turbine modification","date":"2019-10","detail":"CEC staff approved the proposed change, describing the spare turbine as functionally identical and stating that no daily, quarterly, annual, or other emissions limit would increase."},{"event":"Ownership, sale, and retirement status","date":null,"detail":"They continue to identify the City of Santa Clara/Silicon Valley Power as the project owner/operator."}] — - · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Application and regulatory review","date":"2002-10-07","detail":"The California Energy Commission docket records the Pico Power Project application proceeding for Silicon Valley Power and the City of Santa Clara."},{"event":"CEC certification","date":"2003-09-09","detail":"The CEC approved the application for certification and granted a certificate to construct and operate the Pico Power Project, later named Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant."},{"event":"Construction start","date":"2003-11","detail":"Contemporaneous project reporting states that construction began in November 2003."},{"event":"Construction completion","date":"2004-11","detail":"Contemporaneous project reporting states that construction was completed in November 2004."},{"event":"Commercial operation","date":"2005-03-24","detail":"The CEC records the start of commercial operation on March 24, 2005."},{"event":"Project renaming","date":"2005-01-28","detail":"A January 2005 construction-completion report states that the project, formally known as the Pico Power Project, was renamed to honor former Santa Clara City Manager Donald Von Raesfeld."},{"event":"Identical spare-turbine amendment","date":"2017-08-15","detail":"Silicon Valley Power petitioned the CEC to use an identical spare natural-gas combustion turbine while either existing turbine was undergoing maintenance."},{"event":"Staff approval of turbine modification","date":"2019-10","detail":"CEC staff approved the proposed change, describing the spare turbine as functionally identical and stating that no daily, quarterly, annual, or other emissions limit would increase."},{"event":"Ownership, sale, and retirement status","date":null,"detail":"They continue to identify the City of Santa Clara/Silicon Valley Power as the project owner/operator."}] — Donald Von Raesfeld Project | California Energy Commission · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Application and regulatory review","date":"2002-10-07","detail":"The California Energy Commission docket records the Pico Power Project application proceeding for Silicon Valley Power and the City of Santa Clara."},{"event":"CEC certification","date":"2003-09-09","detail":"The CEC approved the application for certification and granted a certificate to construct and operate the Pico Power Project, later named Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant."},{"event":"Construction start","date":"2003-11","detail":"Contemporaneous project reporting states that construction began in November 2003."},{"event":"Construction completion","date":"2004-11","detail":"Contemporaneous project reporting states that construction was completed in November 2004."},{"event":"Commercial operation","date":"2005-03-24","detail":"The CEC records the start of commercial operation on March 24, 2005."},{"event":"Project renaming","date":"2005-01-28","detail":"A January 2005 construction-completion report states that the project, formally known as the Pico Power Project, was renamed to honor former Santa Clara City Manager Donald Von Raesfeld."},{"event":"Identical spare-turbine amendment","date":"2017-08-15","detail":"Silicon Valley Power petitioned the CEC to use an identical spare natural-gas combustion turbine while either existing turbine was undergoing maintenance."},{"event":"Staff approval of turbine modification","date":"2019-10","detail":"CEC staff approved the proposed change, describing the spare turbine as functionally identical and stating that no daily, quarterly, annual, or other emissions limit would increase."},{"event":"Ownership, sale, and retirement status","date":null,"detail":"They continue to identify the City of Santa Clara/Silicon Valley Power as the project owner/operator."}] — DOCKETED · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Application and regulatory review","date":"2002-10-07","detail":"The California Energy Commission docket records the Pico Power Project application proceeding for Silicon Valley Power and the City of Santa Clara."},{"event":"CEC certification","date":"2003-09-09","detail":"The CEC approved the application for certification and granted a certificate to construct and operate the Pico Power Project, later named Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant."},{"event":"Construction start","date":"2003-11","detail":"Contemporaneous project reporting states that construction began in November 2003."},{"event":"Construction completion","date":"2004-11","detail":"Contemporaneous project reporting states that construction was completed in November 2004."},{"event":"Commercial operation","date":"2005-03-24","detail":"The CEC records the start of commercial operation on March 24, 2005."},{"event":"Project renaming","date":"2005-01-28","detail":"A January 2005 construction-completion report states that the project, formally known as the Pico Power Project, was renamed to honor former Santa Clara City Manager Donald Von Raesfeld."},{"event":"Identical spare-turbine amendment","date":"2017-08-15","detail":"Silicon Valley Power petitioned the CEC to use an identical spare natural-gas combustion turbine while either existing turbine was undergoing maintenance."},{"event":"Staff approval of turbine modification","date":"2019-10","detail":"CEC staff approved the proposed change, describing the spare turbine as functionally identical and stating that no daily, quarterly, annual, or other emissions limit would increase."},{"event":"Ownership, sale, and retirement status","date":null,"detail":"They continue to identify the City of Santa Clara/Silicon Valley Power as the project owner/operator."}] — DOCKETED · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner and operator / municipal electric utility","name":"City of Santa Clara, doing business as Silicon Valley Power","detail":"The City’s electric utility operates Silicon Valley Power and owns the Donald Von Raesfeld facility, which is dedicated to serving SVP’s native-load customers.","official_url":"https://www.siliconvalleypower.com/"} — Electric Generation Locations | Silicon Valley Power · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner and operator / municipal electric utility","name":"City of Santa Clara, doing business as Silicon Valley Power","detail":"The City’s electric utility operates Silicon Valley Power and owns the Donald Von Raesfeld facility, which is dedicated to serving SVP’s native-load customers.","official_url":"https://www.siliconvalleypower.com/"} — Donald Von Raesfeld Project | California Energy Commission · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.1: {"relationship":"Combustion-turbine OEM","name":"General Electric","detail":"Supplied the two LM-6000PC Sprint combustion turbine-generators used in the combined-cycle configuration.","official_url":"https://www.ge.com/"} — Donald Von Raesfeld Project | California Energy Commission · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.1: {"relationship":"Combustion-turbine OEM","name":"General Electric","detail":"Supplied the two LM-6000PC Sprint combustion turbine-generators used in the combined-cycle configuration.","official_url":"https://www.ge.com/"} — Silicon Valley Power Completes Construction of 147-Megawatt Power... · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.2: {"relationship":"Steam-turbine OEM","name":"Mitsubishi Heavy Industries","detail":"Supplied the condensing steam turbine-generator identified in contemporaneous project reporting.","official_url":"https://www.mhi.com/"} — Silicon Valley Power Completes Construction of 147-Megawatt Power... · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.2: {"relationship":"Steam-turbine OEM","name":"Mitsubishi Heavy Industries","detail":"Supplied the condensing steam turbine-generator identified in contemporaneous project reporting.","official_url":"https://www.mhi.com/"} — Silicon Valley Power Begins Operation in California · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.0: The CEC reports 147 MW for the entire facility, while the EIA generator-level record reports 50 MW for CTG1; these are different reporting scopes and should not be treated as conflicting facility capacities. — Donald Von Raesfeld Project | California Energy Commission · confidence: high
- Quality notes.1: The original CEC decision estimated capital cost at $155 million to $165 million, while contemporaneous reporting described $165 million as SVP’s total investment; these figures are project-cost or investment figures, not identified sale consideration. — Source · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.2: The 2017-2019 turbine action concerned temporary use of an identical spare turbine during maintenance. The approval stated that no daily, quarterly, or annual emissions limit would increase, so it is better classified as a maintenance-related modification rather than an expansion or full repowering. — DOCKETED · confidence: high
- Quality notes.2: The 2017-2019 turbine action concerned temporary use of an identical spare turbine during maintenance. The approval stated that no daily, quarterly, or annual emissions limit would increase, so it is better classified as a maintenance-related modification rather than an expansion or full repowering. — DOCKETED · confidence: high
- Quality notes.3: The reviewed project and compliance records identify the City of Santa Clara/Silicon Valley Power as owner and operator but do not disclose an acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transaction, transaction consideration, or transaction month and year. — Electric Generation Locations | Silicon Valley Power · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.3: The reviewed project and compliance records identify the City of Santa Clara/Silicon Valley Power as owner and operator but do not disclose an acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transaction, transaction consideration, or transaction month and year. — California Energy Commission : Docket Log · confidence: medium
- Timeline.0: {"event":"Application and regulatory review","date":"2002-10-07","detail":"The California Energy Commission docket records the Pico Power Project application proceeding for Silicon Valley Power and the City of Santa Clara."} — California Energy Commission : Docket Log · confidence: high
- Timeline.0: {"event":"Application and regulatory review","date":"2002-10-07","detail":"The California Energy Commission docket records the Pico Power Project application proceeding for Silicon Valley Power and the City of Santa Clara."} — - · confidence: high
- Timeline.1: {"event":"CEC certification","date":"2003-09-09","detail":"The CEC approved the application for certification and granted a certificate to construct and operate the Pico Power Project, later named Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant."} — - · confidence: high
- Timeline.4: {"event":"Commercial operation","date":"2005-03-24","detail":"The CEC records the start of commercial operation on March 24, 2005."} — Donald Von Raesfeld Project | California Energy Commission · confidence: high
- Timeline.5: {"event":"Project renaming","date":"2005-01-28","detail":"A January 2005 construction-completion report states that the project, formally known as the Pico Power Project, was renamed to honor former Santa Clara City Manager Donald Von Raesfeld."} — Silicon Valley Power Completes Construction of 147-Megawatt Power... · confidence: medium
- Timeline.6: {"event":"Identical spare-turbine amendment","date":"2017-08-15","detail":"Silicon Valley Power petitioned the CEC to use an identical spare natural-gas combustion turbine while either existing turbine was undergoing maintenance."} — DOCKETED · confidence: high

## Timeline

- 2003-11 — Construction start
  Contemporaneous project reporting states that construction began in November 2003.
  Source: Silicon Valley Power Completes Construction of 147-Megawatt Power... (https://www.industrialinfo.com/news/article/silicon-valley-power-completes-construction-of-147-megawatt-power-station--55807)
- 2004-11 — Construction completion
  Contemporaneous project reporting states that construction was completed in November 2004.
  Source: Silicon Valley Power Completes Construction of 147-Megawatt Power... (https://www.industrialinfo.com/news/article/silicon-valley-power-completes-construction-of-147-megawatt-power-station--55807)
- 2005-01-28 — Project renaming
  A January 2005 construction-completion report states that the project, formally known as the Pico Power Project, was renamed to honor former Santa Clara City Manager Donald Von Raesfeld.
  Source: Silicon Valley Power Completes Construction of 147-Megawatt Power... (https://www.industrialinfo.com/news/article/silicon-valley-power-completes-construction-of-147-megawatt-power-station--55807)
- 2017-08-15 — Identical spare-turbine amendment
  Silicon Valley Power petitioned the CEC to use an identical spare natural-gas combustion turbine while either existing turbine was undergoing maintenance.
  Source: DOCKETED (https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/GetDocument.aspx?tn=221142)
- 2019-10 — Staff approval of turbine modification
  CEC staff approved the proposed change, describing the spare turbine as functionally identical and stating that no daily, quarterly, annual, or other emissions limit would increase.
  Source: DOCKETED (https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/GetDocument.aspx?tn=230260)

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- [Source](https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/GetDocument.aspx?tn=28409&DocumentContentId=69781) — efiling.energy.ca.gov · tier regulatory
- [Silicon Valley Power Begins Operation in California](https://www.industrialinfo.com/news/article/silicon-valley-power-begins-operation-in-california--61493) — industrialinfo.com · tier other
- [-](https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/GetDocument.aspx?tn=29899&DocumentContentId=55610) — efiling.energy.ca.gov · tier regulatory
- [California Energy Commission : Docket Log](https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/Lists/DocketLog.aspx?docketnumber=02-AFC-03) — efiling.energy.ca.gov · tier regulatory
- [Donald Von Raesfeld power plant - Global Energy Monitor](https://www.gem.wiki/Donald_Von_Raesfeld_power_plant) — gem.wiki · tier other
- [Source](https://caiso.com/notices/announced-resource-retirement-and-mothball-list-posted-4) — caiso.com · tier other

## Data quality

- The CEC reports 147 MW for the entire facility, while the EIA generator-level record reports 50 MW for CTG1; these are different reporting scopes and should not be treated as conflicting facility capacities. The original CEC decision estimated capital cost at $155 million to $165 million, while contemporaneous reporting described $165 million as SVP’s total investment; these figures are project-cost or investment figures, not identified sale consideration. The 2017-2019 turbine action concerned temporary use of an identical spare turbine during maintenance. The approval stated that no daily, quarterly, or annual emissions limit would increase, so it is better classified as a maintenance-related modification rather than an expansion or full repowering. The reviewed project and compliance records identify the City of Santa Clara/Silicon Valley Power as owner and operator but do not disclose an acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transaction, transaction consideration, or transaction month and year.

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